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Lyrics & meaning

Eerakkaathae

From Idam Porul Yaeval · 2014

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
Senthil Dass, Anitha
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Idam Porul Yaeval
Movie release year
2014
Lyrics added on
7 Dec 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Eerakaathae nee veesu
Yereduthu nee pesu
Kootukulla orr koothu
Megangondu vaan saathu
Malangattu mayilae
Machamulla muyalae
Mullu mela thuni kaaya podura
Thanjam vandhu kedakken
Thappi vandhu pozhakken
Thunbathukku vaakkapada paaakura
Paasatha ulla vachu
Oru paasangu pannaatheega
Mannukull nookol pola
Enna kannukull moodatheega
Malaiyil odhungathaanae
Naan iravil paniya vandhen
Paniya kudikathanae
Nee pagalil veyilaa vandha
Eerakaathae nee veesu
Yereduthu nee pesu
Kootukulla orr koothu
Megangondu vaan saathu
Senjuvacha kallaanen unnaala
Sela kattum ponnanen
Enjela azhukaakaavaa
Ulkoodu vervai pookka
Vaa nee vaa
Aambalaiku sela katti
Vandhaakaa
Pombalanu nambanuma
Sollaama vazhi paarthu po
Kondaada vaazhkai illa
Po di po
Ada usura ul vaangum
Kaathukku
En koondhal porvai aagumae
Male :Aattutholu en porvai aagalam
Vellaadu porvai aaguma
Chella karuppa..
Enna kozhuppa
Unma sollu
Unnipoochi eppodhum kaamboda
Ottikitta pogaathu
En usura urinjaathadi
Empozhappil eeram illa podi
Sekkupatta ell pola
Summa nee
Nokkupethu pogaadha
En pecha nee kelaiyaa
Entholil thaembal paarthu poyaa
Oru thalayae illadha
Poochi naan
Nee kreedam sootta paakkura
Female :Than thalaya mannodu
Moodura
Theekkozhi pola yeikkura
Enna madakka
Maarbil idukka
Paakuriyaa…aaa….
Eerakaathae nee veesu
Yereduthu nee pesu
Kootukulla orr koothu
Megangondu vaan saathu
Blow, you cool, damp breeze,
look up and speak to me.
There is a dance inside this nest,
cover the sky with dark clouds.
O peacock of the mountain forest,
O rabbit with a beauty mark,
you are spreading clothes to dry over thorns.
I have come here seeking shelter,
barely surviving after my escape.
Yet you are trying to marry yourself to sorrow.
Keeping your affection hidden inside,
do not put on this false act.
Like a turnip buried in the soil,
do not hide me away inside your eyes.
Was it not to take shelter in the mountains
that I came as mist in the night?
Was it only to drink up that mist
that you arrived like the blazing sun by day?
Blow, you cool, damp breeze,
look up and speak to me.
There is a dance inside this nest,
cover the sky with dark clouds.
I was just a carved stone, but because of you,
I became a woman draped in a sari.
Was my life born only to weep?
To let our bodies blossom with sweat,
come to me, oh come.
Just because you dress a man in a sari
and bring him here,
should I believe that you are a woman?
Leave quietly without saying a word.
I have no life left to celebrate,
so go away, just go.
Ah, against this chill that steals
the breath from within,
my hair can become your blanket.
Male: A goatskin might become my blanket,
but can a living goat be a blanket?
My dear dark man...
why this arrogance?
Tell me the truth.
A tick that latches onto the flesh
will never let go once attached.
Do not suck the life out of me, girl,
there is no warmth left in my life, so go.
Like sesame crushed in an oil press,
for no reason at all,
do not get battered and broken.
Won't you listen to what I say?
Look at the quiet tears on my shoulders before you go.
I am just a headless
little insect,
and you are trying to place a crown on me.
Female: Like burying its head
in the sand,
you are deceiving me like an ostrich.
To pull me in
and hold me tight against your chest,
isn't that what you secretly desire?
Blow, you cool, damp breeze,
look up and speak to me.
There is a dance inside this nest,
cover the sky with dark clouds.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Eerakaathae is an evocative folk duet written by Vairamuthu for the film Idam Porul Yaeval. The song depicts a tender yet conflicted exchange between two rural lovers. The heroine yearns for emotional intimacy, openness, and connection, encouraging her lover to abandon his reservations and let love flourish like rain-bearing clouds.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uvamai)

Mannukull nookol pola

Comparing emotions kept hidden to a turnip (nookol) buried deep beneath the earth.

Simile & Animal Imagery

Theekkozhi pola yeikkura

Comparing the man's evasive behavior to an ostrich hiding its head in the sand to escape reality.

Edhukai (Second Letter Rhyme)

Eerakaathae nee veesu / Yereduthu nee pesu

Use of matching second consonants 'ra' in Eerakaathae and Yereduthu.

Visual Imagery

Mullu mela thuni kaaya podura

Drying clothes over thorns depicts taking extreme emotional risks and courting danger.

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Trivia

Idam Porul Yaeval features music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja with lyrics by Vairamuthu. Directed by Seenu Ramasamy and starring Vijay Sethupathi and Vishnu Vishal, the film's soundtrack gained critical acclaim for its deeply rooted rural folk themes despite the movie facing prolonged release delays.

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